Canadians' perceptions of food, diet, and health - A national survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scherme, Alyssa ^a   Mendoza, Julio ^b   Henson, Spencer ^b   Dukeshire, Steven ^c   Pasut, Laura ^a   Emrich, Teri E ^a   Lou, Wendy ^a   Qi, Ying ^a   L'Abbé, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SUGAR INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899889802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086000     Document Type: Article

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